"History will have to record that the greatest tragedy of this people of social transaction was not the strident clamor of the bad people, but the appalling silence of the good people." ~ Reverend Dr Martin Luther King Jr.
"Racism is a contempt for life, an arrogant assertion that one race is the center of value and object of devotion, before which other races must kneel in submission." ~ Reverend Dr Martin Luther King Jr.
Trump's inauguration is the final nail in America's coffin. Oligarchy/fascism begins to finish the coup. It's repugnant that nobody's got the spine to DISQUALIFY HIM AND defend democracy, the constitution, and the Rule of Law. America has lost its heart & soul. RIP USA 💔🤍💙-💜
As someone on the internet said, we're not all in the same boat. We're all in the same storm. Some of us are in small rowboats, some of us are in big ol yachts. Some of us are in aircraft carriers. Some of us are in the water without a dinghy or life preserver.
This is really the truth! I have shared that one as well, though I don’t know the original source. There are those who will profit greatly from the suffering of countless others in the years to come, and many will simply look the other way…the disabled, the elderly, and the poor will suffer the worst of it…these are dark days.
And however we are staying afloat, We are about to converge in the eye of a perfect storm. 1. The political systems are completely broken removing all possibility of logical consensus on any of the existential problems we are facing. There is no political will to solve anything. 2. The ecosystem is collapsing as we enter the Next Mass Extinction Event. 3. The world economic system, the IMF and the World Bank are useless except as facilitators of Western Empire and Hegemony that only serves feed the rich and increase economic inequality. 4. Militarism, especially in the United States is totally out of control and will eventually lead to a confrontation that will surely involve nuclear weapons, and you can't have a limited nuclear war! 5. Artificial Intelligence will surely take over the few existing jobs very shortly. 6. The FED, the central banks and investment firms will soon make it impossible for people to own homes or even to rent housing. 7. Insurance rates will soon make owning automobiles and homes impossible for any but the wealthiest people - Speaking of the obscene wealth of the few, three of the filthy richest own more wealth than the lowest HALF of the people in the country - And they still want MORE! 8. Surveillance of the people by the state has reached the point with facial recognition and electronic tracking, where mounting a viable resistance to our subjugation is nearly impossible. 9. Nothing short of an absolutely all-inclusive general strike has any chance of success! 10. Good luck organizing that with the oligarchs in total control of government and the media! 11. Add to that the fact that US Debt has risen beyond any capability to repay it and it is going trillions of dollars higher by the month along with the US debt interest payment and inflation! ANY COMMENTS, ANYONE?
You are wise and kind. I grew up in the South during the Civil Rights movement. I saw how the good can arise in the midst of evil. It's already rising in our time.
Thank you Frank. I have been feeling so badly all day. I didn't know what to do with all the emotions that were roiling inside me You helped me to make a place for all of it. Take care of you ❤.
@@jamiekirkpatrick8283 I'm old and grew up before Roe and marched in Washington. We'll do it again and again and again and again for this Equality and all others because we are a Nation of We The People ... that is inclusive of ALL (even those who make us uncomfortable) and our Equality (even those that make us uncomfortable)
Frank, I commend you for all your good work, but I don’t take any solace from the fact that my Trump supporting neighbor cleans off my sidewalk or teaches Sunday school at a Hispanic church. I would imagine that, in Hitler’s Germany, many of Hitler’s most avid supporters were very nice people to be around as long as you didn’t go against the final solution. No doubt, many Trump supporters do not see the tremendous danger presented by the nut they voted for. They support his help on abortion or want to see secure borders. If you tell them he is a want to be dictator, well that’s fake news. Many are sadly mistaken about what this man really wants. Many, of course, do want dictatorship as long as it serves their ideology. So, I’ll meet their smile with a smile, but I’m not the least bit consoled because they help an old lady across the street
Thank you Frank for today's much-needed wisdom, perspective and reminder that we are all humans, we are all fallible, and we so often try to simplify what is extremely complex in ways that would promote our own self-regard.
Somethings aren’t complex because it’s about having an actual moral compass and acting without racism, sexism, and generally hate towards anyone who’s different. If I lived next-door to a white family who had a confederate flag and or anything related to the Ku Klux Klan I’m not gonna be friendly Because that is a dangerous person. I believe that Trump supporters are either mentally ill, or they fall in the categories none of which in stills any safety and security related to being able to trust that individual. I’m about an objective truth that treats people with kindness and respect. Has nothing to do with religion. It’s just about doing the right thing. It isn’t complex really
Thank you for helping me become better in knowing no matter what happens I will be OK . I pray my neighbors will be. They are mostly Spanish in this apartment complex And this state government is nuts. I can feel the Energy here. I just pray for stability and Peace. Good Fortune to you and yours and may your book sell wonderfully.
I disagree because that’s normalizing and giving consent to a person supportive of a racist, sexist misogynistic and all the rest of his depraved unconscionable behaviors.
No, not yet. Not yet... too many of our fellow American's have ran off the MAGA cliff and are slowly dragging the rest of us in after them. The question now will be, assuming we survive, how many will suffer and meet their end before this insanity is put down?
Correction: Chattel slavery was not practiced in Africa as it was in America and the colonies. They were spoils of tribal wars! They were not put on breeding farms, whipped etc. in Africa like it was done in America. Please get those facts straight.
Let me get this straight. A tribe can go and kill half of another tribe and take the other half of them as slaves (spoils), but it's not chattel slavery, so .... good? not as bad? what?
I wish I could be as optimistic as you. I’m so afraid they’re going to burn it all down. Too many indications of that with those horrible executive orders. But I’ll keep wishing hoping & praying we can survive thus. Thx.
I have humility but I believe - from direct experience - in separation of Church and State and whomever wants to tear that down I will protest against. It does not mean I hate the Catholic doctor across the street or Mexican man who mows my lawn or all the Conservatives in my neighborhood but if they want to destroy that separation I mentioned above then they are a threat to what I believe in and I will fight it.
Yeah, totally with you on that. When the church joined up with Constantine's empire in the 4th century, that's when the 'dark ages' began. What the MAGAChurch is doing now is exactly the same thing - compromising their soul for a seat at the table.
A world of contradictions! America is stronger than any office. Let’s remember our history. We have come through many valleys. Heads up folks, stay focused on your values. Thanks Frank for standing on the wall!
No. America will not withstand any assault. America has already fallen because we just inaugurated a president who led an insurrection against the Constitution. The Supreme Court ruled that a President is above the law whenever he acts as a President.
MLK also gave a warning to the country that if it did not change some it's evil corrupt ways then it could lose God's blessings and end up under judgment and going to hell. There is definitely an irony involved in the juxtaposition of MLK day and Trump's inaugural but why God gave us this strange sign, reminds me of the choice given to the people of Israel between Jesus the Christ and Jesus Barabbas. Jimmy Carter's recent passing also bringing this contrast between good and evil in case we had forgotten what was at stake.
Frank, I love listening to you because you ARE wise. You always ask us to look deeper. Look beyond our prejudices. And that is so necessary if we are ever to live together in peace, which is something I deeply desire too. Thank you.
Thank you, man named Frank Schaeffer, you said everything so well, and I appreciate every word, and I don't know sh*t, either. And, I feel a little better for hearing some straight talk. And I enjoyed MLK events, today. It was perfect timing, in my book. 🙏🙏🙏
Evil won a battle, not the War. It will never win the War. That said, many will suffer and die as a result of this dark day. Many already did the first time around with this clown show. But it will be much worse this time if we do not stand together and hold the line.
@@StartAtTheEnd "They" seem to have a more cohesive unity based in, and supported by, bullying, blaming, and denial of factual reality. And willingness, even enthusiasm for, tearing down institutions that have made this nation a model and a goal for many years...throwing out the baby with the bathwater. But "We" have an odd sort of unity, all (ew, showing my age😁) doing our own thing. But that odd sort of unity is what counts the most and I believe most of "us" couldn't become "them" any more than swimming to Hawaii underwater, so be assured that we will stand together.
One of my neighbors is so generous, we listen to each other’s lives, our kids & families and yet I know she is opposite of some of my beliefs, spiritual included. Not easy to find a good friend in a gossipy world so yes I do appreciate our casual relationship. Once again thank you Frank Schaeffer, you are a breath of fresh air - I look forward to your videos and wish there weee more. Grateful from Maryland.
Hello.. I was able to discipline myself and not listen to any news on anything that was covering Jan 20 2025, except MLK. I feel better and will continue to shutout this as much as I can. Thank you. 💃🏼
Amen -- excellent work on bringing things back to our common humanity. I’m as guilty as anyone of falling for clickbait, but less and less so. Thank you for your work ❤
So good to see your video commentaries. I went through a box of books I bought in 1976 through 1982. I found "How Should We Then Live?", "A Christian Manifesto" and "A Time For Anger - The Myth of Neutrality". Would you recommend studying any of these books today? Thank you.
My books from then include Chairman Mao's little Red Book. The Art of War and a book on Existentialism. I do believe I was, and remain, more cynical than you. Read whatever brings you comfort and whatever enhances your skills.
Frank you point out how important it is to focuss on real things. Not pointing fingers and so on. Taking deep breaths. How is it possitble to ignore the horrors of what is going to come? Children being malnourished due to poverty. Minimum wages that cant sustain anything, and more and more people will have to live without a roof. Poor health and no affordable healtcare. Schools where the education is poor due to restrictions. No chances of getting a higher education if you dont have the means, More and more inviromental catastrophes due to bad maintanence and climate change. No Frank, if we want good politicians with harts to fight for us, we have to fight as well. That is democracy. How bad can it get? Germany knows how bad it gets if you intimidate enough and people are to scared to speak upl And Frank I know you know it as well. To make a bad decision by not woting or woting wrong, is not the end of democracy. Or a reason to wait for better times. The americans made the votes on behalf of the world. We are not happy, and we are not the ones having influence on american politics. If we chose to, its called war. Musk made his billions, partly due to a faulty american tax system. Now he has the money to influence nazisympathisers in Europel This is not a matter of getting tired of going to the opera.
Well, I know a few that are pretty nasty people but their minds live in the politics. I don't spend time talking with them. No need to. I have plenty of conservative friends that I can have conversations with, but not the ones whose minds they gave over to MAGA.
Thank you for speaking truth to power, Frank. Most would never reach repentance much less disclose historical truth. I grew up in an evangelical ministry family and exited a couple of decades ago when I started to see things change in ways I couldn't stomach. Now I know what was happening behind the scenes thanks to people like you. Thank you also for sharing wisdom - keep it human. Easier said than done sometimes.
People used to vote according to which politician had principles close to our own principles but this election was different it really FELT more like good against evil, truth against lies, empathy against cruelty. I voted harris, my sister voted trump but when teump takes away BOTH of our social security checks WE ARE IB THE SAME BOAT !
“May I stress the need for courageous, intelligent, and dedicated leadership…. Leaders of sound integrity. Leaders not in love with publicity, but in love with justice. Leaders not in love with money, but in love with humanity. Leaders who can subject their particular egos to the greatness of the cause. God give us leaders. A time like this demands great souls with pure hearts and ready hands. Leaders whom the lust of office does not kill. Leaders whom the spoils of life cannot buy. Leaders who possess opinions and a will. Leaders who will not lie. Leaders who can stand before the demagogue and damn his treacherous flatteries without winking. Tall leaders, sun-crowned, who live above the fog in public duty and in private thinking. This is one of the great needs of the hour, but as we move on all over this nation we will need dedicated, courageous, and intelligent leaders.” ~ MLK
@@judygaleinchapelhill No, it turned up on my Facebook feed so I just copied and pasted it. You can do the same from here I think. I'm sure Google can tell you the proper source though. All the best.
Frank, I have often enjoyed and found value in your commentaries but I’m not really with you on this one. “maybe he’s a racist maybe he’s not but…”?! Yeah, maybe Hitler was antisemitic, maybe he wasn’t. There’s enough evidence there to make a clear judgement on that. No need to equivocate.on that point. He doesn’t deserve the benefit of the doubt on that or most of the multitude of other horrible things he has proven himself to be.
l didn't watch the inaugeration either. l listened to a few of MLKJR's speeches. 'The Other America' is one of my favorites. Trump and his minions are not going to live rent free in my brain.
Thank you, Frank. I'm a crappy atheist, too. If the issue were just that God doesn't really seem to care about suffering it would be easier. But I have a really hard time convincing myself that this awesome creation is "just" a mathematical atomic emanation that just sort of...happened. But politics and evil are both human tools. Humanity has been fighting this forever. We have made great progress in the recent centuries, but at a great cost. You, just by the changes you have made in your own views during your life, are a bastion of the progress. Thank you for being there.
Saying “I don’t know,” is probably the most intelligent thing one can say. Next sentence is, “let’s find out,” because living in ignorance isn’t an option.
I have unsubscribed from ALL channels that talk about notthing BUT politics. I am done. I don't get a vote in this country. I live here. I pay taxes. I do my job. - I don't care what he thinks he can do. I KNOW there are people here who WILL fight him. And if I can, I will do my bit when the day comes. BUT rn. I can't do anything more than I already do. I feed an American (and myself). And an american cat too. I as a Brit, born in Switzerland, WORK to make sure my husband is fed. RN.
Frank I happen to stumble upon your channel and with being an atheist I watched what you had to say anyway. I would usually pass on your type of channel but didn’t and since then I’ve come to listen to your message more. I appreciate your honesty and understanding of the situation before us. Your words are soothing to hear because I’m a raging trump hater but you are definitely right about us being in the same boat. And I’m trying to accept the fact that I have to survive the next four years as best I can. But being filled with hate will be harder on myself than anyone else. So I just wanted to say thank you for your words of encouragement to help me through this difficult time. 💙🙏
Frank, I agree with a great deal of what you say here. Contradictions dwell in each of us. I do find it difficult to concur with the 'same boat' title. If you had said we're all in the same storm or in the same waters or, better yet, on the same planet, the assertions together might be easier to accept as earning the title. The truth is closer to the idea that if we're in a storm, each one has a different perception of it based on the protection level each has against it, levels unequal indeed. If the boat concept is in play, then it requires a body of water (unless you mean we're all in/on the same vessel (cf. container) on dry ground as if stuck on a proverbial island). If water and boats are the discussion analog chosen, then I suggest we're not all in the same boat by any stretch of the imagination. Some of us are treading water and praying for rescue as waves smack us in the face; some of us struggle with a barely seaworthy craft already overloaded, difficult to move and guide, and our souls are burdened by the fact we can't do more to help those in danger of going under around us; some of us have a safer small craft with a bit more space, protection, and provisions, and which we can maneuver into position against threatening waves under our own or assisted power to do so, all the while justifying our individual survival efforts to make us available for future recovery efforts when conditions have improved; skipping ahead because I am absolutely sure you know where I am going with this tedium, some of us have the privilege of a small ship (for ourselves, our loved ones and 'cared abouts') capable of weathering great atmospheric (sociopolitical) adversity, well-provisioned, relatively warm and dry, and under its own power easily guided through the most aggressive of storms and waves to calmer waters and sunnier shores. No, we're not all in the same boat, sir. That's a cop out, just like some of the pious avoidance tactics I remember from my days in Evangelicalism.
FIRST OF ALL YOU NEED A DOSE OF CORRECTION FOR IT IS NOT THE MOST HIGH THAT HAS THE ATTRIBUTES YOU HAVE DESCRIBED BUT THE MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE IN YOUR COUNTRY THAT VOTED FOR THIS AND THE MOST HIGH GAVE THEM A LEADER THAT REFLECTS THEIR HEARTS 🤷🏽 THERE IS NOTHING TWISTED ABOUT THE MOST HIGH YAH WHO IS JUST AND DOES NOT CHANGE.
"History will have to record that the greatest tragedy of this people of social transaction was not the strident clamor of the bad people, but the appalling silence of the good people."
~ Reverend Dr Martin Luther King Jr.
"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."
~ Reverend Dr Martin Luther King Jr.
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Profound & Relevant!
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"I have decided to stick with love...Hate is too great a burden to bear."
~ Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. 🕊
I hear ya; I didn't watch it either. But we do celebrate the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
"Racism is a contempt for life, an arrogant assertion that one race is the center of value and object of devotion, before which other races must kneel in submission."
~ Reverend Dr Martin Luther King Jr.
Trump's inauguration is the final nail in America's coffin. Oligarchy/fascism begins to finish the coup. It's repugnant that nobody's got the spine to DISQUALIFY HIM AND defend democracy, the constitution, and the Rule of Law. America has lost its heart & soul. RIP USA 💔🤍💙-💜
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As someone on the internet said, we're not all in the same boat. We're all in the same storm. Some of us are in small rowboats, some of us are in big ol yachts. Some of us are in aircraft carriers. Some of us are in the water without a dinghy or life preserver.
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This is really the truth! I have shared that one as well, though I don’t know the original source. There are those who will profit greatly from the suffering of countless others in the years to come, and many will simply look the other way…the disabled, the elderly, and the poor will suffer the worst of it…these are dark days.
Not everyone is a mentally ill weak person.
And however we are staying afloat, We are about to converge in the eye of a perfect storm.
1. The political systems are completely broken removing all possibility of logical consensus on any of the existential problems we are facing. There is no political will to solve anything.
2. The ecosystem is collapsing as we enter the Next Mass Extinction Event.
3. The world economic system, the IMF and the World Bank are useless except as facilitators of Western Empire and Hegemony that only serves feed the rich and increase economic inequality.
4. Militarism, especially in the United States is totally out of control and will eventually lead to a confrontation that will surely involve nuclear weapons, and you can't have a limited nuclear war!
5. Artificial Intelligence will surely take over the few existing jobs very shortly.
6. The FED, the central banks and investment firms will soon make it impossible for people to own homes or even to rent housing.
7. Insurance rates will soon make owning automobiles and homes impossible for any but the wealthiest people - Speaking of the obscene wealth of the few, three of the filthy richest own more wealth than the lowest HALF of the people in the country - And they still want MORE!
8. Surveillance of the people by the state has reached the point with facial recognition and electronic tracking, where mounting a viable resistance to our subjugation is nearly impossible.
9. Nothing short of an absolutely all-inclusive general strike has any chance of success!
10. Good luck organizing that with the oligarchs in total control of government and the media!
11. Add to that the fact that US Debt has risen beyond any capability to repay it and it is going trillions of dollars higher by the month along with the US debt interest payment and inflation!
ANY COMMENTS, ANYONE?
exactly. 🙏🇺🇸✨
Take care of yourself Frank. You have lessons a lot of people need to hear.
You are wise and kind. I grew up in the South during the Civil Rights movement. I saw how the good can arise in the midst of evil. It's already rising in our time.
Thank you Frank. I have been feeling so badly all day. I didn't know what to do with all the emotions that were roiling inside me
You helped me to make a place for all of it. Take care of you ❤.
Create something. Make some joy. Take a long walk. Surround yourself with loving people, cats or a dog.
Keepin' it real, Frank. I appreciate it.
Add to that ... Cecilia Richards, ex head of Planned Parenthood died today. How symbolic!
Good riddance
Oh no. Sincere condolences
maybe better for her not to have to see the national abortion ban that is coming
@@jamiekirkpatrick8283 I'm old and grew up before Roe and marched in Washington. We'll do it again and again and again and again for this Equality and all others because we are a Nation of We The People ... that is inclusive of ALL (even those who make us uncomfortable) and our Equality (even those that make us uncomfortable)
Frank is a powerful voice offering scripture without stain glass windows
Everyone is in the same storm but people are not in the same boat
This is the worst time ever we all on the side of democracy are horrified. We are now a oligarchy,
the stupidity is rampant.
Frank, I commend you for all your good work, but I don’t take any solace from the fact that my Trump supporting neighbor cleans off my sidewalk or teaches Sunday school at a Hispanic church. I would imagine that, in Hitler’s Germany, many of Hitler’s most avid supporters were very nice people to be around as long as you didn’t go against the final solution. No doubt, many Trump supporters do not see the tremendous danger presented by the nut they voted for. They support his help on abortion or want to see secure borders. If you tell them he is a want to be dictator, well that’s fake news. Many are sadly mistaken about what this man really wants. Many, of course, do want dictatorship as long as it serves their ideology. So, I’ll meet their smile with a smile, but I’m not the least bit consoled because they help an old lady across the street
Thank you Frank for today's much-needed wisdom, perspective and reminder that we are all humans, we are all fallible, and we so often try to simplify what is extremely complex in ways that would promote our own self-regard.
Somethings aren’t complex because it’s about having an actual moral compass and acting without racism, sexism, and generally hate towards anyone who’s different. If I lived next-door to a white family who had a confederate flag and or anything related to the Ku Klux Klan I’m not gonna be friendly Because that is a dangerous person. I believe that Trump supporters are either mentally ill, or they fall in the categories none of which in stills any safety and security related to being able to trust that individual. I’m about an objective truth that treats people with kindness and respect. Has nothing to do with religion. It’s just about doing the right thing. It isn’t complex really
Thank you for helping me become better in knowing no matter what happens I will be OK . I pray my neighbors will be. They are mostly Spanish in this apartment complex And this state government is nuts. I can feel the Energy here. I just pray for stability and Peace. Good Fortune to you and yours and may your book sell wonderfully.
A neighbor I have not met yet has a trump flag flying from his roof. He waved at me today. I waved back. That's a start. 🙂
I disagree because that’s normalizing and giving consent to a person supportive of a racist, sexist misogynistic and all the rest of his depraved unconscionable behaviors.
I did not watch either. Thank you for all you do!💖✨
No, not yet. Not yet... too many of our fellow American's have ran off the MAGA cliff and are slowly dragging the rest of us in after them. The question now will be, assuming we survive, how many will suffer and meet their end before this insanity is put down?
Thankyou... you saved my heart today ...I don't know why but I do know I too will focus on my little sliver of life and make it a good day tomorrow
Thank you for the reminders.❤️❤️
So grateful for your clear outspokenness ❤
Correction: Chattel slavery was not practiced in Africa as it was in America and the colonies. They were spoils of tribal wars! They were not put on breeding farms, whipped etc. in Africa like it was done in America. Please get those facts straight.
Let me get this straight. A tribe can go and kill half of another tribe and take the other half of them as slaves (spoils), but it's not chattel slavery, so .... good? not as bad? what?
I wish I could be as optimistic as you. I’m so afraid they’re going to burn it all down. Too many indications of that with those horrible executive orders. But I’ll keep wishing hoping & praying we can survive thus. Thx.
I have humility but I believe - from direct experience - in separation of Church and State and whomever wants to tear that down I will protest against. It does not mean I hate the Catholic doctor across the street or Mexican man who mows my lawn or all the Conservatives in my neighborhood but if they want to destroy that separation I mentioned above then they are a threat to what I believe in and I will fight it.
Yeah, totally with you on that. When the church joined up with Constantine's empire in the 4th century, that's when the 'dark ages' began. What the MAGAChurch is doing now is exactly the same thing - compromising their soul for a seat at the table.
A world of contradictions! America is stronger than any office. Let’s remember our history. We have come through many valleys. Heads up folks, stay focused on your values. Thanks Frank for standing on the wall!
No. America will not withstand any assault. America has already fallen because we just inaugurated a president who led an insurrection against the Constitution. The Supreme Court ruled that a President is above the law whenever he acts as a President.
MLK also gave a warning to the country that if it did not change some it's evil corrupt ways then it could lose God's blessings and end up under judgment and going to hell. There is definitely an irony involved in the juxtaposition of MLK day and Trump's inaugural but why God gave us this strange sign, reminds me of the choice given to the people of Israel between Jesus the Christ and Jesus Barabbas. Jimmy Carter's recent passing also bringing this contrast between good and evil in case we had forgotten what was at stake.
Frank, I love listening to you because you ARE wise. You always ask us to look deeper. Look beyond our prejudices. And that is so necessary if we are ever to live together in peace, which is something I deeply desire too.
Thank you.
😊Thank you, Frank!
Thank you, man named Frank Schaeffer, you said everything so well, and I appreciate every word, and I don't know sh*t, either. And, I feel a little better for hearing some straight talk. And I enjoyed MLK events, today. It was perfect timing, in my book. 🙏🙏🙏
I really love your posts!! You're so wise!! It's refreshing! So many people lack in critical thinking.
Evil won.
Temporarily.
Not if we still keep resisting.
Evil won a battle, not the War. It will never win the War. That said, many will suffer and die as a result of this dark day. Many already did the first time around with this clown show. But it will be much worse this time if we do not stand together and hold the line.
@@StartAtTheEnd "They" seem to have a more cohesive unity based in, and supported by, bullying, blaming, and denial of factual reality. And willingness, even enthusiasm for, tearing down institutions that have made this nation a model and a goal for many years...throwing out the baby with the bathwater.
But "We" have an odd sort of unity, all (ew, showing my age😁) doing our own thing. But that odd sort of unity is what counts the most and I believe most of "us" couldn't become "them" any more than swimming to Hawaii underwater, so be assured that we will stand together.
I love your comments for years it is so sad even from AUSTRALIA
Thank you.
Thanks Frank. I needed this.
One of my neighbors is so generous, we listen to each other’s lives, our kids & families and yet I know she is opposite of some of my beliefs, spiritual included. Not easy to find a good friend in a gossipy world so yes I do appreciate our casual relationship. Once again thank you Frank Schaeffer, you are a breath of fresh air - I look forward to your videos and wish there weee more. Grateful from Maryland.
Trump comes straight from the gates of hell, forget about Las Vegas.
Hello.. I was able to discipline myself and not listen to any news on anything that was covering Jan 20 2025, except MLK. I feel better and will continue to shutout this as much as I can. Thank you. 💃🏼
Same!
Thank you, Frank! I’m learning to cultivate a mindset of living in the tension of “both-ands” rather than “either-ors.”
Open heart Frank 👌🏻🙏🏻
Amen -- excellent work on bringing things back to our common humanity.
I’m as guilty as anyone of falling for clickbait, but less and less so. Thank you for your work ❤
So good to see your video commentaries. I went through a box of books I bought in 1976 through 1982. I found "How Should We Then Live?", "A Christian Manifesto" and "A Time For Anger - The Myth of Neutrality". Would you recommend studying any of these books today? Thank you.
My books from then include Chairman Mao's little Red Book. The Art of War and a book on Existentialism. I do believe I was, and remain, more cynical than you. Read whatever brings you comfort and whatever enhances your skills.
Thank you for this Frank. This was much needed at this time. ❤
Sure and anout half the passengers don't want us in that boat and are myopic enough to sink it out of spite
Thank you so much for this conciliatory statement. I shared it on Facebook.
Frank you point out how important it is to focuss on real things. Not pointing fingers and so on. Taking deep breaths.
How is it possitble to ignore the horrors of what is going to come?
Children being malnourished due to poverty.
Minimum wages that cant sustain anything, and more and more people will have to live without a roof.
Poor health and no affordable healtcare.
Schools where the education is poor due to restrictions.
No chances of getting a higher education if you dont have the means,
More and more inviromental catastrophes due to bad maintanence and climate change.
No Frank, if we want good politicians with harts to fight for us, we have to fight as well. That is democracy.
How bad can it get? Germany knows how bad it gets if you intimidate enough and people are to scared to speak upl And Frank I know you know it as well.
To make a bad decision by not woting or woting wrong, is not the end of democracy. Or a reason to wait for better times.
The americans made the votes on behalf of the world.
We are not happy, and we are not the ones having influence on american politics. If we chose to, its called war.
Musk made his billions, partly due to a faulty american tax system. Now he has the money to influence nazisympathisers in Europel
This is not a matter of getting tired of going to the opera.
I feel the disbelief from you.... 💕💕💕❤️
Frank you are thought provoking and very appreciated! 🙏🏼🇺🇸🙏🏼
Well, I know a few that are pretty nasty people but their minds live in the politics. I don't spend time talking with them. No need to. I have plenty of conservative friends that I can have conversations with, but not the ones whose minds they gave over to MAGA.
Your message is amazing.
Thank you for speaking truth to power, Frank. Most would never reach repentance much less disclose historical truth. I grew up in an evangelical ministry family and exited a couple of decades ago when I started to see things change in ways I couldn't stomach. Now I know what was happening behind the scenes thanks to people like you. Thank you also for sharing wisdom - keep it human. Easier said than done sometimes.
Thank you for sharing that perspective. Very insightful.
Thank you, 👍 I couldn't either...
Thank you Frank. Today I did not watch it. Today President Biden gave Lenord Peliter will be free tomorrow.
Thank you for centering me
Didn't watch. No more corporate MSM for me either.
Same boat? More like same sinking ship we've been in for decades, and MAGA just took an axe to the hull.
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People used to vote according to which politician had principles close to our own principles but this election was different it really FELT more like good against evil, truth against lies, empathy against cruelty. I voted harris, my sister voted trump but when teump takes away BOTH of our social security checks WE ARE IB THE SAME BOAT !
“May I stress the need for courageous, intelligent, and dedicated leadership…. Leaders of sound integrity. Leaders not in love with publicity, but in love with justice. Leaders not in love with money, but in love with humanity. Leaders who can subject their particular egos to the greatness of the cause. God give us leaders. A time like this demands great souls with pure hearts and ready hands. Leaders whom the lust of office does not kill. Leaders whom the spoils of life cannot buy. Leaders who possess opinions and a will. Leaders who will not lie. Leaders who can stand before the demagogue and damn his treacherous flatteries without winking. Tall leaders, sun-crowned, who live above the fog in public duty and in private thinking. This is one of the great needs of the hour, but as we move on all over this nation we will need dedicated, courageous, and intelligent leaders.”
~ MLK
Wow! Do you have a source (link) to this MLK quote? I’d like to also share it.
Thank you! 💫
@@judygaleinchapelhill No, it turned up on my Facebook feed so I just copied and pasted it. You can do the same from here I think. I'm sure Google can tell you the proper source though. All the best.
@@LaurentMarkThank you❣️
Hmmm. Take a deep breath, yes. But absolutely DON'T get "too comfortable". That way is grave, both literally and figuratively.
If we're all in the same boat, can't we push the orange one out?
seems like it would be so easy
Thank you Frank ❤
Frank, I have often enjoyed and found value in your commentaries but I’m not really with you on this one. “maybe he’s a racist maybe he’s not but…”?! Yeah, maybe Hitler was antisemitic, maybe he wasn’t. There’s enough evidence there to make a clear judgement on that. No need to equivocate.on that point. He doesn’t deserve the benefit of the doubt on that or most of the multitude of other horrible things he has proven himself to be.
Amen
l didn't watch the inaugeration either. l listened to a few of MLKJR's speeches. 'The Other America' is one of my favorites. Trump and his minions are not going to live rent free in my brain.
Very true.
Hell's matrix is melting as Truth rains
You are right
That's why I'm not upset. Everyone's screwed with me. My ego is gone.
This is why I'm so glad I live in California. My governor is aligned with my values.
“Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.” -Martin L. King Jr.
Thank you, Frank.
I'm a crappy atheist, too. If the issue were just that God doesn't really seem to care about suffering it would be easier. But I have a really hard time convincing myself that this awesome creation is "just" a mathematical atomic emanation that just sort of...happened.
But politics and evil are both human tools. Humanity has been fighting this forever. We have made great progress in the recent centuries, but at a great cost. You, just by the changes you have made in your own views during your life, are a bastion of the progress. Thank you for being there.
And the uber-rich are all in the same yacht. And they all attend the same maga-church.
We deserve it!
We watch and pray and let happen what will happen. I speak when I feel the need. And then move on
Saying “I don’t know,” is probably the most intelligent thing one can say. Next sentence is, “let’s find out,” because living in ignorance isn’t an option.
We are all Navalny
That does not bode well.
God will show us if we pay attention.
Nah, I will never forgive those who voted to destroy this country.
I have unsubscribed from ALL channels that talk about notthing BUT politics. I am done. I don't get a vote in this country.
I live here. I pay taxes. I do my job. - I don't care what he thinks he can do. I KNOW there are people here who WILL fight him. And if I can, I will do my bit when the day comes. BUT rn. I can't do anything more than I already do. I feed an American (and myself). And an american cat too.
I as a Brit, born in Switzerland, WORK to make sure my husband is fed.
RN.
On the same starship!
Very good!!
I think we should fight : stand up for our rights....
I'm with you ALL the way!!!!!!
Frank I happen to stumble upon your channel and with being an atheist I watched what you had to say anyway. I would usually pass on your type of channel but didn’t and since then I’ve come to listen to your message more. I appreciate your honesty and understanding of the situation before us. Your words are soothing to hear because I’m a raging trump hater but you are definitely right about us being in the same boat. And I’m trying to accept the fact that I have to survive the next four years as best I can. But being filled with hate will be harder on myself than anyone else. So I just wanted to say thank you for your words of encouragement to help me through this difficult time. 💙🙏
Frank, I agree with a great deal of what you say here. Contradictions dwell in each of us. I do find it difficult to concur with the 'same boat' title. If you had said we're all in the same storm or in the same waters or, better yet, on the same planet, the assertions together might be easier to accept as earning the title. The truth is closer to the idea that if we're in a storm, each one has a different perception of it based on the protection level each has against it, levels unequal indeed. If the boat concept is in play, then it requires a body of water (unless you mean we're all in/on the same vessel (cf. container) on dry ground as if stuck on a proverbial island). If water and boats are the discussion analog chosen, then I suggest we're not all in the same boat by any stretch of the imagination. Some of us are treading water and praying for rescue as waves smack us in the face; some of us struggle with a barely seaworthy craft already overloaded, difficult to move and guide, and our souls are burdened by the fact we can't do more to help those in danger of going under around us; some of us have a safer small craft with a bit more space, protection, and provisions, and which we can maneuver into position against threatening waves under our own or assisted power to do so, all the while justifying our individual survival efforts to make us available for future recovery efforts when conditions have improved; skipping ahead because I am absolutely sure you know where I am going with this tedium, some of us have the privilege of a small ship (for ourselves, our loved ones and 'cared abouts') capable of weathering great atmospheric (sociopolitical) adversity, well-provisioned, relatively warm and dry, and under its own power easily guided through the most aggressive of storms and waves to calmer waters and sunnier shores. No, we're not all in the same boat, sir. That's a cop out, just like some of the pious avoidance tactics I remember from my days in Evangelicalism.
Oh, I actually think you know a thing or two. 😏 Thank you for this common sense you've gifted us with today. I needed this. But ... what do I know?
Good to see you. Thanks.
GASP
It occurred so people could see the clown for the evil that he is. Unfortunately they’re blind. I didn’t watch I refuse to defile myself that way.
You can either do what is right or what is easy.
Silly people think ADULTEROUS CRIMINAL PLAYBOY is best man for the job :)
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i enjoyed a fine crisp day in new hampshire, i did not watch. we will be ok.!!!!! easy!!!
Frank, it should be obvious, to even the most casual observer, that there IS NO god!
A boat with big holes getting ready to sink.
Thanks, but I'm not as certain as you seem to be about the future position of the US. We'll have to watch it unfold to have any sense of it at all.
FIRST OF ALL YOU NEED A DOSE OF CORRECTION FOR IT IS NOT THE MOST HIGH THAT HAS THE ATTRIBUTES YOU HAVE DESCRIBED BUT THE MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE IN YOUR COUNTRY THAT VOTED FOR THIS AND THE MOST HIGH GAVE THEM A LEADER THAT REFLECTS THEIR HEARTS 🤷🏽
THERE IS NOTHING TWISTED ABOUT THE MOST HIGH YAH WHO IS JUST AND DOES NOT CHANGE.
Humanity allowed
72 aint old. you still have 20 good creative years... a few more just marking time..